Wednesday, May 26, 2010

~ A hard day at the office ~

A friend of my boss' is getting married and he is in charge of decorating the car; which means, I am in charge of decorating the car .... finally a job I can enjoy!!! Of course, it is going to be a totally girly decorated car!!! Look at this awesome "just married" sign we made! I found it on-line and thought hmmmm I can make this and it turned out great! It's to hang on the back window of his SUV.




We also made streams of pink, green and silver ribbon with jingle bells and flowers attached to them to hang off the back of the car; and found some "just married" removable stick ons for the windows .... fun!
Sadly, that only took up a small portion of my day and then it was back to the legal world ... ugh!

Saturday, May 22, 2010

~ A painting for Stephanie ~

I started this over a year ago for a friend of mine ... and then before I finished it, I just stopped ... don't know why, just wasn't in the mood to finish it and when I had the mood, I didn't have the time ... anyway, its done, its not original, I used someone's elses art as inspiration, but I'm not selling it and not claiming it as my original art ... so no harm done, PLUS ... my lady's right hand has an extra finger (ha!) sorry Steph! Started to redo it, but decided that is what would make my painting unique!


Saturday, May 15, 2010

~ Auctions & Yardsales ~

Went to a couple of yard sales this morning and founds some cool books and the two below wooden folding chairs ($2 each) - I love them - I am trying to decide what I want to do with them, clean them and leave them as they are, which I kind of like - they are worn in looking. Or, should I sand them and paint them with crazy colors, like each wooden slat a different color, or what ... leave me a comment and let me know. I kind of like them as they are, but painting them would be fun too.




And last night Gary and I went to an auction and I bought the below quilt. I like the butterflies .. kind of old fashioned looking. It was hand stitched, etc. The edges were frayed, but I couldn't see that from where I was sitting, I paid $14 - did I pay too much? I washed it with clorox and Gain in hot water, then washed it again in just Gain and put it in our camper. I also bought a whole box of sewing mishmash, which I will probably need some of to stitch up the frayed edges of the quilt :)



Thursday, May 13, 2010

~ Camping ~

Our first camping trip of the year ... Mothers Day Weekend ... Gary gave me a new little travel camera ... these were my first photos ... (We were at Oak Mountain State Park)


This is our campsite. The two trees (same tree just two different photos) with the scrapes ... we made with our camper, trying to pull into the first site we wanted .... :) no worries, no bad damage... poor tree!




We were just a short hike from the water. There was a "swimming hole" full of laughing kids, in the photo below - top right photo - if you look real hard, you can see the kids in the water - they sounded like they were having a blast.


We went looking for a flea market on Saturday and wound up at Tannahill State Park and we rode the train ...



enjoyed a little Civil War history ...




we also ate some really good barbeque here.



Just have to throw this photo in (below) ... they were camped beside us - it's our dream camper, everything automatic, just push a button and your RV levels itself, push another button and the extender slides just automatically slide out, same for the awning * sigh * we better win the lottery soon huh!



I bought this little "forrest lady" at Tannahill, her name is Michelle - this photo does not do her justice - I just love her! (ah hem ... once a month they have a huge arts/craft weekend at Tannahill ... every 3rd weekend ... just thought I'd throw that out there ...)



And we did find a flea marker. In Bessemer - it was okay, but I probably would not go again.

It was an awesome weekend. I have a wonderful husband. He made this weekend great for me.

Tuesday, May 11, 2010

~ medical update ~

I still don't have my "normal" voice back from my March 2 surgery, but I can breath so much better - yay! I went to doc this past Friday and was told my vocal chords are not closing all the way and they should. This is causing my raspy voice. He says I have a "tight" chord - probably damaged a little from the extremely harsh post surgery coughing and/or during laser surgery - he gave me some vocal exercises to do (Gary says I sound like I am trying to call a whale) and I have to go back again on 6/4. He scheduled me for surgery on 6/7 if not better. He will pump some collagen into one side of my chords so they will close properly; he will also again look at my airway and make sure every thing is healing properly and not regrowing another ledge ... BUT - if better by 6/4 - no surgery. Which is what I am hoping for! and praying for! Y'all too ... right? :)


Wednesday, May 05, 2010

~ camping again ~



Why is it packing to go camping is sooo much work!? I am too pooped to go camping! Nah, I guess I'll still go, but it sure is alot of work getting the camper ready to go sometimes ... We are going for a long weekend ... Oak Mountain State Park.

See y'all soon!


And, uh no that is not our camper ... its just for looks :)

Sunday, May 02, 2010

~ Art Project ~



Hanging out with my friends, sharing an awesome meal, getting a little crafty and having a great time. Thank you Brenda for a great night! Sherry, Laurie and Mechelle too! Also, will be waiting for that recipe for the delicious dessert ... chocolate ice cream roll up cake with strawberries ... Love my friends!